The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-02-02
For Farmers.

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soft mat while ironing. She will get
less tired so,
Wipe the spindle of the wagon clean
with a rag moistened with kerosene.
Then apply little crude castor oil
This is the correct way to do it.
Bed your stock deeply this cold wealth
,er. Give any animal chance and he
will make cosy nest to lie in if he only
has straw enough to do it with.
The Wisconsin farmers institutes are
meeting with great success. Several
items in this column are cleaned from
reports of them in the Milwaukee Sen
tinel.
l know number of laboring men,;
some are farm hands and some are me-
chanics, who enconomize in butcher
bills and store bills by keeping poultry
and cultivatiug garden.
Don't spend money in buying trees,
nor labor in planting them, unless you
intend to care for them afterward.
Good trees can no more be grown with
out good care than can good colts or
calves.
Breeding stock should not be pampered
but be kept in thrifty condition and
not allowed to run down." They need
muscle rather than much fat, as the lat
teralways means a loss of energy, is not of
health and vigor.
There are 2150.42 cubic inches in a
bushel, therefor a box fifteen inches
square on the bottom Gnside mcasure)
and ten inches deep will hold an even
bushel and about quart and half for
good measure.
The first invoice OF feathers has been
received at San Diego from the ostrich
farm at Falrview. The feathers are very
fine, many of them from chicks Is
months old. The prices are from So to
IS each, uncleaned.
The importers of the French stallion
St. Laurent sold of his get to the value
of $27 900 in twelve years while his SER
vice fees for the same time amounted to
$23, 900 in cash. Besides this they had
on hand stock descended from him val
ued at more than $4,000.
One reason who farmers have so little
fruit and garden truck is that they do
not think and plan to have them in win
ter, and when spring comes the rest of
the farm work takes UP all their time
any attention and the garden is neglec-
ted.
When you read about the big yields of
the thoroughbred cows, don't imagine
it was all done with swale hay or straw.
These cattle never die with hollow-h horn,
but they do drop off quite often with
milk fever, blind staggers and other dis
orders caused by high feeding.
Always wash the eggs that are not
clean, and never allow any but fresh eggs
to be sent to market. Sometimes the
dirty looking eggs are fresher than some
that are clean, but buyers will not be-
lieve it, and as they must judge an egg
by its outward appearance only, the eggs
should be made as attractive looking as
possible.
A very complete filling for open cracks
in floors may be made by thoroughly
soaking newspapers in paste made of one
pound OF flour, three quarts of water and
a tablespoonful Of alum thoroughly
boiled and mixed. Make the final
mixture about as thick as pntty, and it
will harden like paper mache.
John Gould prefers for farm work
three Morgan horses that couldget around
lively to two heavy draft horses that
would weight down the three. The three
would make strong team for heavy
| plowing, and nearly all the time two
were enough. For lightish work they
would accomplish more in a day than
the big horses.
Western breeders hold there is little
difference between supporting the grow
ing colt the growing steer of about the
same weight. Some raisers of heavy
horses point to this fact as an argument
in favor of their industry; and tell the
farmers that heavy colts will sell for ten
cents pound, live weight, while five
cents is a good average price for fat
steers.
There are in America over 900, 900
farms, large and small. They cover near
ly 30O,O0O,0O0 acres of improved land,
and their total value is something like
SIC, 600. 100000. These figures are not,
of course, comprehensive. They sim
ply convey the idea of vastness of
importance. The estimated value of the
yearly product of these farms is between
$1,000 100000 and S3,OOO,OOO.OOo.
Says correspondent of the National
Stockmap: 81 wonld rather have one
acre of oats put in before the middle Of
March than two acres the last half OF
April, See that yonr tools are all in
order, and be ready to begin on the oats
ground the first day the land can be
worked. have sown oats in February
and had the land frozen solid for weeks
after, and with the first warm weather
they came up and made much heavier
crop than those sown later"
This is the way to find out whether
your seeds will sprout: fill gallon
crock nearly full of mellow soil, and
cover with one end of piece of muslin
twice as large as the crock. Wet through
and through with hot water. Sprinkle
the seeds on the cloth throw the Other
end Of it over them, put half an inch OF
soil on top aud keep in warm place fol
four or five days. Then turn back the
cloth and see what you have.
All the Asiatic fowls are naturally lazy
1t is especially important that they
should be- compelled to take exercise
by scratching for their food in winter
time. Give them plenty of wheat three